“Wrong Way Joe”

Road signs are great at providing guidance to drivers, particularly when the terrain is unfamiliar.  They deliver invaluable instruction, STOP! YIELD! RIGHT LANE ENDS! Were it not for road signs, there would likely be higher numbers of traffic fatalities and probably many more people driving around in circles because they are lost.  For artistic integrity here, we will pretend that Siri, Google Maps and navigation systems have yet to be invented. Read More

“2-4-6-8, Who Do You Appreciate?”

Appreciate can be defined different ways; “recognize the full worth,” “to be aware of something, or to understand that something is valuable,” or “to be grateful for something.”  The definition ought to be expanded to include that one may also appreciate not just something, but someone.  Appreciating beauty and value in things seems easy, but Read More

“Love and Record Keeping”

“Forgive and forget.” What does that phrase really mean? Forgiveness, though often difficult to grant, is by far easier, in most cases, than forgetting. Short of having a lobotomy, which has been medically proven to be a really bad idea, how does one go about forgetting an injustice? Anyone who spent their childhood in Sunday Read More

Sometimes the Hardest Thing and the Right Thing are the Same

The Fray has a song entitled, ”All at Once”. The song is about a lost relationship, but there is a stanza, “Sometimes the Hardest Thing & the Right Thing are the Same” that often plays on my mental jukebox when I am struggling with a difficult decision. These past few weeks the verse has been Read More